Avoiding complications in microsurgery and strategies for flap take-back

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Fong, Hui Chai (Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital) ;
Levin, Lawrence Scott (Division of Plastic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania)

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